{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/tbr/tbr50.htm","path":"jud/tbr/tbr50.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/tbr/tbr50.htm","text":"Tractate Berakoth, by , by A. Lukyn Williams, [1921]\nM.VIII. 4 (3). The School of Shammai say: One M. wipes his hands 3 with a napkin, and lays it on the table; 4 and the School of Hillel say: On the cushion. 5\nT.\nThe School of Hillel say: Any doubt about moisture on his hands means that he is clean.\nAnother reason [is given]: The washing of the hands is not for ordinary food. 1 But one wipes his hand with a napkin, and leaves it on the cushion. Perchance [any] moisture which is on the napkin will become unclean through the table, and make the eatables unclean again.\n5. The School of Shammai say: The cup of wine 2 is on one's right hand, and sweet-smelling oil on one's left. He says the Benediction over the wine and afterwards says the Benediction over the oil. 3 But the School of Hillel say: Sweet-smelling oil on his right, and cup of wine on his left. He says the Benediction over the oil and smears it on the head of the attendant. 4 If the attendant be learned in the Law, he smears it on the wall, for it is no credit to one learned in the Law to go out anointed with perfume.\n67:3 wipes his hands. After the first washing before eating.\n67:4 See T.\n67:5 the cushion. i.e. on which he is lying.\n68:1 not for ordinary food. It is thus not a question of making the hands, but the eatables, unclean.\n68:2 the cup of wine. At the end of Sabbath.\n68:3 afterwards says the Benediction over the oil. The wine is the more important.\n68:4 on the head of the attendant. So as not to waste it.","title":"Tractate Berakoth: III.\u2014Benedictions at Meals, etc.: M. VIII. 4; T. VI. 3-5. On Wiping one's Hands","type":"page"}